Sleep apnea syndrome increases the risk of diabetes

The West Indian Days of Diabetology and Endocrinology (JADE) began this Tuesday (January 14) and will continue until Thursday, in Le Gosier.

They are associated with the ITD Congress (Innovation and New Technologies) in the treatment of diabetes.

One of the most widespread diseases in the Antilles

Diabetes, one of the most widespread diseases in the Antilles, will be discussed.

Conferences and round tables are on the program around cardiovascular risk, the importance of physical activity and the link with sleep.

Because if you have sleep apnea syndrome, the risk of being diabetic increases, as explained Dr Marie-Laure Lalane-Misrith, endocrinologist, head of the Nutrition Department at the University Hospital and Lecturer in Nutrition at the UA :

Having this sleep apnea syndrome is a risk factor for developing diabetes, if you were not diabetic. If the sleep apnea syndrome is mild, this risk will be multiplied by 1.3, if it is medium by 1.7 and if it is severe by 1.8. And as I told you earlier, 30% of people with diabetes have this sleep apnea syndrome and this percentage can rise to 80% when they also live with obesity. Just to give you a parallel, in the general population, we only have 2 to 5% of people who are affected by this sleep apnea syndrome.

A certain type of snoring should alert you. Dr Marie-Laure Lalane-Misrith makes us hear:

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